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Eta Aquarid Meteor and Milky Way Light Up the Sky
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May 9, 2019
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0:27Now PlayingThe annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower reached its peak on Saturday, May 4, into the early morning hours of Sunday, May 5, but the number of meteors visible to stargazers will depend on their location around the globe.
The Eta Aquarids appear to come from the direction of a bright star called Eta Aquarii in the constellation Aquarius. But like all meteors, they’re simply fast-moving bits of dust that create brilliant streaks of light as they strike Earth’s atmosphere and burn up.
The dust particles come from the tail of a comet — in this case Halley’s, which approaches Earth every 75 years on its long elliptical orbit around the sun. Halley’s Comet was known in ancient times but got its current name after 18th century British astronomer Edmond Halley noted the comet’s periodic returns.
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